"Huwag niyong tanggapin, huwag niyong iboto (Do not accept it, do not vote for them)." Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia speaks with Philippine National Chief Dir. Gen. Francisco Marbil, during the launching of Kontra Bigay Committee, at the COMELEC head office in Manila...
(Photo from SPD) A 25-year-old college student was arrested by members of the Makati City Police for selling firearms in Barangay Magallanes, Makati City on Thursday, Feb. 6, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. The suspect was identified as "Jonathan." He was nabbed during a buy-bust operation...
Several provincial and municipal candidates in Rizal Province, including the incumbents, who will vie for their constituents' votes on May 12 have pledged to make the elections honest, orderly, and peaceful. During an event organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Rizal Provincial...
AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking to send additional soldiers to Basilan even as the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to move the date of the inaugural parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...
DAVAO CITY – Police and military personnel arrested a mayor and escorts from a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District here for allegedly violating the election gun ban...
The Senate ratified on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the bicameral conference committee report on the bill resetting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to Oct. 13, 2025. (Senate PRIB photo) During the plenary session, Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito said that the bicam...
Senator Risa Hontiveros questioned the delays and problems hounding the Commission on Elections (Comelec) particularly in the printing of ballots despite its P18.827 billion contract with Miru Systems. (Senate PRIB photo) In her privilege speech on Monday, Feb. 3, Hontiveros called out Comelec for...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Tuesday, Feb. 4 that the bicameral conference committee has approved setting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) polls on Oct. 13. "Ang inadopt five months, October 13 ang halalan, pumayag ang kamara. May mga...
With the May midterm elections getting nearer, Vice President Sara Duterte and Office of the Vice President (OVP) officials got the chance to be the first to try the vote counting machines of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Vice President Sara Duterte participates in a dry run...
Despite the Commission on Elections (Comelec) granting of an exemption to P882 million for the controversial Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), it has yet to receive the implementation guidelines from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). en. Imee Marcos, during...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is hoping that the two new poll commissioners that will be appointed by President Marcos will be knowledgeable about the challenges and issues faced by the poll body, especially with the upcoming May 2025 polls. "Ang pinaka-importante...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Philippine Embassy in Singapore conducted a mock election exercise utilizing the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS), which will be introduced to overseas voters for the first time in the upcoming elections. Philippine Ambassador to Singapore...
